Boron-containing organic light-emitting diode device and preparation method thereof

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is an organic light-emitting diode device (OLED) structure, in particular to a high-efficiency organic light-emitting diode device comprising a boron-containing compound. The organic light-emitting diode device prepared by the present invention comprises: an anode, a hole injection or transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron injection or transport layer, and a cathode, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a host material and a doping material, the host material can be composed of a single material or a mixture of materials with different structures; the doping material is a boron-containing organic compound with a singlet-triplet energy gap of not more than 0.2 eV; the singlet and triplet energy levels of the host material are higher than those of the doping material, which can prevent the energy return and avoid the reduction in the light emitting efficiency of the device. Further provided is a preparation method of the organic light-emitting diode device.

CROSS REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is the national phase entry of InternationalApplication No. PCT/CN2018/107220, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, which isbased upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201710909661.X, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, the entire contents of which areincorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the technical field of semiconductors,in particular to an application of a boron-containing organic compoundas a light-emitting layer doping material to an organic light-emittingdiodes and a device fabricating method.

BACKGROUND

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED, Organic Light-Emitting Diode) devicetechnology can be used to fabricate not only a novel display product butalso a novel lighting product. It is expected to replace the existingliquid crystal display and fluorescent lamp lighting, and has apromising application prospect. The OLED device is of a sandwichstructure, and includes an electrode material film layer and organicfunctional materials sandwiched between different electrode film layers,and various functional materials are overlapped with one anotheraccording to purposes so as to together form an OLED device. Positiveand negative charges in the organic functional material film layer areacted by the electric field and then combined in the light-emittinglayer when the OLED device serves as a current device and a voltage isapplied to electrodes at two ends of the OLED device, that is, the OLEDelectroluminescence is generated.

The application of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in large-areaflat panel displays and lighting has aroused widespread concern inindustry and academia. However, traditional organic fluorescentmaterials can only use the 25% singlet exciton formed by electricalexcitation to emit light, and the internal quantum efficiency of thedevice is low (up to 25%). The external quantum efficiency is generallylower than 5%, which is still far from the efficiency of phosphorescentdevices. Although the phosphorescent material enhances the intersystemcrossing due to the strong spin-orbit coupling at the center of theheavy atom, singlet excitons and triplet excitons formed by electricalexcitation can be effectively used to emit light, making the internalquantum efficiency of the device up to 100%. However, phosphorescentmaterials are expensive, have poor material stability, and have seriousdevice efficiency roll-off, which limits their application in OLEDs.Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials are the thirdgeneration of organic light-emitting materials developed after organicfluorescent materials and organic phosphorescent materials. Suchmaterials generally have a small singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔEST), andtriplet excitons can be converted into singlet excitons by reverseintersystem crossing to emit light. This can make full use of thesinglet excitons and triplet excitons formed under electricalexcitation, and the internal quantum efficiency of the device can reach100%. Moreover, the materials have controllable structure, stableproperties, low price and no need of precious metals, and can be broadlyapplied in the field of OLEDs.

Although theoretically the TADF materials can achieve 100% excitonutilization, there are actually the following problems: (1) The T1 andS1 states of the molecule are designed to have strong CT characteristicsand a very small energy gap of the S1-T1 state. Although the high T1→S1state exciton conversion rate can be achieved through the TADF process,it also causes low S1 state radiation transition rate, therefore, it isdifficult to have (or achieve at the same time) both high excitonutilization and high fluorescence radiation efficiency; (2) Even thoughdoped devices have been used to mitigate the quenching effect of Texciton concentration, most TADF material devices have a seriousefficiency roll-off at high current densities.

As far as the actual demand of the current OLED display lightingindustry is concerned, the current development of OLED materials is farfrom enough, lagging behind the requirements of panel manufacturingcompanies, and especially for TADF materials, obtaining high-efficiencyand long lifetime devices is a problem for the commercial application ofthe materials.

SUMMARY

In response to the above problems in the prior art, the applicantprovides an organic light-emitting diode device with a boron-containingcompound as a light-emitting layer doping material and a preparationmethod thereof, thereby improving the efficiency and lifetime of thedevice and meeting the requirements of panel manufacturing enterprises.

The technical solutions of the present invention are as follows:

An organic light-emitting diode device with a structure at leastcomprising: a substrate layer, an anode layer, a light-emitting layerand a cathode layer, wherein preferably, the structure furthercomprising: an anode, a hole injection/transport layer, a light-emittinglayer, an electron injection/transport layer and a cathode;

the light-emitting layer comprises a host material and a dopingmaterial; the doping material is an boron-containing organic compoundwith a singlet-triplet energy gap of not more than 0.2 eV and a spectralFWHM (Full Width at Half Maximum) of not more than 120 nm; meanwhile,the singlet and triplet energy levels of the host material are bothhigher than those of the doping material; the energy gap between thelowest singlet energy level and the lowest triplet energy level of thehost material is less than or equal to 0.2 eV; the lowest triplet energylevel of the host material is greater than or equal to the lowestsinglet energy level of the doping material.

Preferably, the singlet-triplet energy gap of the boron-containingorganic compound is not greater than 0.1 eV.

Preferably, the triplet energy level in the film phase state of the hostmaterial with the lowest energy is greater than the triplet energy levelof the doping material by 0.1 eV or more.

Preferably, the singlet-triplet energy gap in the film phase state ofthe host material with the lowest energy is not more than 0.15 eV.

Preferably, the host material of the light-emitting layer is composed ofa single material, and the doping material of the light-emitting layerhas a mass doping concentration of 0.5% to 30%; more preferably, thedoping material of the light-emitting layer has a mass dopingconcentration of 3% to 30%. More preferably, the doping material of thelight-emitting layer has a mass doping concentration of 5% to 15%.

Alternatively, the host material of the light-emitting layer is composedof a mixture of two materials with different structures, and the dopingmaterial of the light-emitting layer has a mass doping concentration of0.5% to 30%. Preferably, the doping material of the light-emitting layerhas a mass doping concentration of 3% to 30%. More preferably, thedoping material of the light-emitting layer has a mass dopingconcentration of 5% to 15%.

The boron-containing organic compound takes the boron element as thecore to bond with other groups by way of sp2 hybrid orbital; the othergroups connected to boron are hydrogen atom, substituted orunsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted orunsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted orunsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; and the other groupsconnected to boron are connected individually, or are directly bonded toeach other to form a ring or connected through other groups to form aring before being connected to boron.

Preferably, in the boron-containing organic compound, the groupconnected to boron is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substitutedor unsubstituted biphenyl, substituted or unsubstituted terphenyl,substituted or unsubstituted pyrimidinyl, substituted or unsubstitutedpyridyl, substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl, substituted orunsubstituted anthryl, substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrenyl,substituted or unsubstituted triazinyl, substituted or unsubstitutedquinolinyl, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl, substituted orunsubstituted dibenzothienyl, substituted or unsubstituted9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted9,9-diphenylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl,substituted or unsubstituted benzocarbazolyl, substituted orunsubstituted thienyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzothienyl,substituted or unsubstituted furanyl, substituted or unsubstitutedbenzofuranyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzimidazolyl, substitutedor unsubstituted acridinyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazinyl,or substituted or unsubstituted phenothiazinyl; and the groups connectedwith boron are connected individually, or are directly bonded to eachother to form a ring or connected through other groups to form a ringbefore being connected to boron.

Preferably, the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (1):

wherein R₁, R₂, and R₃ independently represent hydrogen atom,substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom.

Preferably, the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (2):

wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, A₁ and A₂ independently represent hydrogen atom,substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom;

in formula (2), n is equal to 0 or 1;

when n is equal to 0, R₂ and R₃ are bonded to each other to form a ring;

when n is equal to 1, R₄ independently represents oxygen atom, sulfuratom, boron atom substituted by alkyl or aryl, alkylene substituted bylinear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substitutedby aryl, imino substituted by alkyl, imino substituted by aryl,substituted or unsubstituted arylene with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene with 5 to 60 carbon atoms.

Preferably, the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (3):

wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, A₁, A₂, and A₃ independently represent hydrogenatom, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom;

in formula (3), X and Y are independently equal to 0 or 1;

when X and Y are independently equal to 0, R₂ and R₃ are bonded to eachother to form a ring, and R₁ and R₃ are bonded to each other to form aring;

when X and Y are independently equal to 1, R₄ and R₅ independentlyrepresent oxygen atom, sulfur atom, boron atom substituted by alkyl oraryl, alkylene substituted by linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted by alkyl,imino substituted by aryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylene with 6to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene with 5to 60 carbon atoms.

Preferably, the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (4):

wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, A₁, A₂, and A₃ independently represent hydrogenatom, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom;

in formula (4), X, Y and Z are independently equal to 0 or 1;

when X, Y and Z are independently equal to 0, R₂ and R₃ are bonded toeach other to form a ring, R₁ and R₃ are bonded to each other to form aring, and R₁ and R₂ are bonded to each other to form a ring;

when X, Y and Z are independently equal to 1, R₄, R₅ and R₆independently represent oxygen atom, sulfur atom, boron atom substitutedby alkyl or aryl, alkylene substituted by linear or branched al with 1to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted byalkyl, imino substituted by aryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylenewith 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylenewith 5 to 60 carbon atoms.

Preferably, the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (5):

wherein Ar₁, A₁, and A₂ independently represent substituted orunsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 2 to 60 carbon atoms; R₄ and R₅independently represent hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstitutedcycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedheterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedaryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstitutedheteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; and R₄ and R₅ do notsimultaneously represent hydrogen atom.

Preferably, the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (6):

wherein Ar₂, A3, and A4 independently represent substituted orunsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; R₆ and R₇independently represent hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstitutedcycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedheterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedaryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstitutedheteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; and R₆ and R₇ do notsimultaneously represent hydrogen atom.

X represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom, boron atom substituted by alkylor aryl, alkylene substituted by a linear alkyl with 1 to 10 carbonatoms, alkylene substituted by branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted by alkyl, or iminosubstituted by aryl.

Preferably, in formula (5) and formula (6), Ar₁, Ar₂, A₁, A₂, A₃, and A₄independently represent substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substitutedor unsubstituted biphenyl, substituted or unsubstituted terphenyl,substituted or unsubstituted pyrimidine, substituted or unsubstitutedpyridyl, substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl, substituted orunsubstituted anthryl, substituted or unsubstituted phenanthryl,substituted or unsubstituted triazinyl, substituted or unsubstitutedquinolinyl, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl, substituted orunsubstituted dibenzothienyl, substituted or unsubstituted9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted 9,9-diphenylFluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl, substituted orunsubstituted benzocarbazolyl, substituted or unsubstituted thienyl,substituted or unsubstituted benzothienyl, substituted or unsubstitutedfuranyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzofuranyl, substituted orunsubstituted benzimidazolyl, substituted or unsubstituted acridinyl,substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazinyl, or substituted orunsubstituted phenothiazinyl.

Preferably, in formula (5) and formula (6), R₄, R₅, R₆ and R₇independently represent formula (7), (8) or (9):

wherein R₁′ and R₂′ independently represents hydrogen atom or astructure of formula (10);

in formula (10), a is

X₁, X₂, and X₃ independently represent oxygen atom, sulfur atom,selenium atom, alkylene substituted by linear or branched alkyl with 1to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted byalkyl, or imino substituted by aryl;

formula (10) is connected to formula (7) or formula (8) through CL₁-CL₂bond, CL₂-CL₃ bond, or CL₃-CL₄ bond;

R₃ ^(′) and R₄ ^(′) independently represent hydrogen atom, cycloalkyl orheteroalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedphenyl, substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl, substituted orunsubstituted pyrimidinyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl,substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl, substituted orunsubstituted 9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituteddibenzothienyl, substituted or unsubstituted N-phenylcarbazolyl, orsubstituted or unsubstituted arylamino;

Y represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom, alkylene substituted by linearalkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by branched alkylwith 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, iminosubstituted by alkyl, or imino substituted by aryl.

As the doping material, the boron-containing organic compound providedby the present application emits a blue, green, yellow or red light.

In the organic light-emitting diode device provided by the presentapplication, the host material is one or more of ketone, pyridine,pyrimidine, pyrazine, triazine, carbazole, fluorene, quinoline, furan,thiophene, imidazole, and acridine compounds.

The organic light-emitting diode device provided by the presentapplication further comprises a hole injection/transport layer, and thehole injection/transport layer comprises one or more of a hole injectionlayer, a hole transport layer, a buffer layer, and an electron blocklayer.

Preferably, the material of the hole injection layer is represented bythe following structural formula (1b), (2b) or (3b):

wherein, in formula (2b), Er₁ to Er₃ independently represent substitutedor unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; Er₁ to Er₃ areidentical or different;

wherein, in formula (1b) and formula (3b), Fr₁ to Fr₆ independentlyrepresent hydrogen atom, nitrile group, halogen, amide group, alkoxy,ester group, nitro group, carbon atom substituted by linear or branchedalkyl with 1 to 60 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted aryl with6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5to 60 carbon atoms.

Preferably, the material of the hole transport layer is one ofcarbazole, fluorene, pyrazoline, furan, thiophene, xanthene,dimethylanthracene, and triarylamine compounds.

In the organic light-emitting diode device provided by the presentapplication, the electron injection/transport layer comprises one ormore of an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, and ahole block layer. Preferably, the material of the electron injectionlayer is a compound containing lithium or cesium. Preferably, thematerial of the electron transport layer is one of pyrimidines,pyridines, naphthalenes, anthracenes, phenanthrenes, triazines,quinolines, dibenzofurans, dibenzothiophenes, fluorenes, spirofluorenes,benzothiophenes, benzofurans, and benzimidazolyl compounds. In theorganic light-emitting diode device provided by the present application,the anode is made of inorganic material or organic conductive polymermaterial; the inorganic material is metal oxide, or is gold, copper, orsilver; and the cathode is made of lithium, magnesium, calcium,strontium, aluminum, ytterbium, or indium, or their alloys with copper,gold, or silver, or metal and metal fluoride are alternated to form anelectrode layer.

Preferably, the metal oxide is indium tin oxide, indium zinc oxide orindium gallium zinc oxide.

Preferably, the organic conductive polymer is one or more of polyimide,polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyaniline, polythiophene,polyvinylbenzenesulfonic acid, and polyethylene terephthalate.

Preferably, the material of the cathode is an alloy of magnesium andsilver in a ratio of 1:99-99:1. Preferably, the material of the cathodeis laminated lithium fluoride and aluminum layer, wherein the aluminumlayer is the outermost layer of the organic light-emitting diode device.

Further, in the organic light-emitting diode device, theboron-containing compound is one of the following structural formulas:

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, thebonding with other atoms is performed through the sp2 hybrid form ofboron. In the resulting structure, since boron is an electron-deficientatom, it can form a charge transfer state or reverse space resonancewith an electron donating group or a weak electron withdrawing group.The charge transfer state or reverse space resonance effect leads to theseparation of the HOMO and LUMO orbits distribution, and thesinglet-triplet energy gap of the material is reduced, resulting indelayed fluorescence and improving device efficiency.

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, due tothe strong electron-withdrawing ability of boron atom, the materialformed with boron atom as the core can obtain a very smallsinglet-triplet energy gap, and moreover because of its fasterfluorescence radiation rate, the delayed fluorescence lifetime of thematerial can be effectively reduced, thereby reducing the tripletquenching effect of the material and improving device efficiency.

The test data of boron-containing materials B-1, B-6, B-10, B-15, B-20,B-25, B-30, B-34, B-38, B-40 are used to characterize thesinglet-triplet energy gap, transient radiation rate and delayedfluorescence lifetime of the materials and indicate the materialproperties of the boron-containing compounds of the above structure, asshown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Transient Delayed Name of HOMO/LUMO radiation rate fluorescencematerial overlap degree Est (eV) (S-1) lifetime (us) B-1 0.10 0.125.5*E7 10.8 B-6 0.13 0.15 6.0*E7 15.8 B-10 0.08 0.07 6.2*E7 1.2 B-150.04 0.08 4.3*E7 1.0 B-20 0.14 0.10 6.0*E7 5.4 B-25 0.20 0.20 7.3*E735.2 B-30 0.04 0.08 5.8*E7 1.8 B-34 0.30 0.19 5.0*E6 60.5 B-38 0.28 0.145.5*E7 50.5 B-40 0.17 0.15 1.0*E7 30.5 Note: HOMO/LUMO overlap degree iscalculated by ORCA quantum chemistry software, using the DFT of B3LYPand the base set of PBE0.

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, the bondformed by the connection with boron has good bond energy stability. Theexcited-state compound formed by the material receiving electricalexcitation has a lower energy than the bond energy formed by theconnection with boron, so the chemical stability of the material isimproved; moreover, because its molecules have a relatively parallelstacking structure, the stacking between the molecules is relativelytight, so that the glass transition temperature of the material isincreased.

The bond energy stability, thermal stability, and spectral FWHM of thematerials are characterized through the test data of materials B-1, B-6,B-10, B-15, B-20, B-25, B-30, B-34, B-38, and B-40, as shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Excited- Boron-X Glass state S1 bond transition DecompositionName of energy energy temperature temperature Spectral material (eV)(eV) (° C.) (° C.) (5%) FWHM B-1 2.61 2.84 112 380 60 nm B-6 2.50 2.80118 390 70 nm B-10 2.65 2.79 109 401 55 nm B-15 2.86 2.92 114 392 60 nmB-20 2.92 3.00 120 410 62 nm B-25 2.70 2.95 110 398 58 nm B-30 2.48 2.82114 401 62 nm B-34 2.32 2.78 125 414 62 nm B-38 2.90 3.08 113 401 48 nmB-40 2.35 2.90 128 418 56 nm

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, thecompound with a ring structure formed by boron atom has strong rigidity,the excited-state configuration formed when the material is excited isstable, and the conformational relaxation hardly occurs; itsconformational reorganization energy is low, resulting in a narrowerFWHM of the luminescent spectrum. The narrower FWHM can effectivelyprevent color changes caused by different declination angles of sightaxis, and can effectively use the spectral energy to improve the colorpurity of a device.

It can be found that the boron-containing compound of the abovestructure has a narrower spectral FWHM, which is close to the generaltraditional fluorescent materials, but much narrower than the currentFWHM (about 100 nm) of the delayed fluorescent material, indicating thatsuch compounds has higher color purity and luminous efficiency.

Further, the organic light-emitting diode device emits blue light with awavelength of 440-480 nm;

Further, the organic light-emitting diode device emits green light witha wavelength of 480-540 nm;

Further, the organic light-emitting diode device emits yellow light witha wavelength of 540-590 nm;

Further, the organic light-emitting diode device emits red light with awavelength of 590-640 nm;

Further, the host material of the organic light-emitting diode devicecan be represented by the following general formulas:

wherein R₈ to R₁₂ and R₁* to R₁₂* independently represent hydrogen atom,substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 2 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₈ and R₉ are bonded to form a ring or are not bonded to form a ring;

Ar₃ represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbonatoms or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 2 to 60 carbonatoms; n=0, 1 or 2;

Z represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom, alkylene substituted by linearalkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by branched alkylwith 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, alkylsubstituted by aryl or tertiary amino substituted by aryl.

Further, the host material of the organic light-emitting diode devicemay be of one or more of the following structures;

Further, the hole injection layer uses a compound represented by any oneof the following structural formulas:

Further, the hole transport layer uses a compound represented by any oneof the following structural formulas:

Further, the organic light-emitting diode device is characterized inthat the material of the electron transport layer is a compoundrepresented by formula (1C), (2C), (3C), (4C) or (5C):

Wherein, Dr₁ to Dr₁₀ in formula (1C), (2C), (3C), (4C) or (5C)independently represent hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted arylwith 6 to 60 carbon atoms or substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylwith 1 to 60 carbon atoms;

Further, the electron transport layer uses a compound represented by anyone of the following structural formulas:

The present invention achieves the following beneficial effects:

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, thebonding with other atoms is performed through the sp2 hybrid form ofboron. In the resulting structure, since boron is an electron-deficientatom, it can form a charge transfer state or reverse space resonancewith an electron donating group or a weak electron withdrawing group.The transfer state or reverse space resonance effect leads to theseparation of the HOMO and LUMO orbits distribution, and thesinglet-triplet energy gap of the material is reduced, resulting indelayed fluorescence.

Due to the strong electron-withdrawing ability of boron atom, thematerial formed with boron atom as the core can obtain a very smallsinglet-triplet energy gap, and moreover because of its fasterfluorescence radiation rate, the delayed fluorescence lifetime of thematerial can be effectively reduced, thereby reducing the tripletquenching effect of the material and improving device efficiency.

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, the bondformed by the connection with boron has good bond energy stability. Theexcited-state compound formed by the material receiving electricalexcitation has a lower energy than the bond energy formed by theconnection with boron, so the chemical stability of the material isimproved; moreover, because its molecules have a relatively parallelstacking structure, the stacking between the molecules is relativelytight, so that the glass transition temperature of the material isincreased. Good thermal stability of the material helps to increase theservice lifetime of a device.

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, thecompound with a ring structure formed by boron atom has strong rigidity,the excited-state configuration formed when the material is excited isstable, and the conformational relaxation hardly occurs; itsconformational reorganization energy is low, resulting in a narrowerFWHM of the luminescent spectrum. The narrower FWHM can effectivelyprevent color changes caused by different declination angles of sightaxis, and can effectively use the spectral energy to improve the colorpurity of a device.

Based on the boron-containing compound of the above structure, inparticular, its singlet-triplet energy gap is less than 0.1 eV, thereverse intersystem crossing process can be used effectively and thetriplet energy can be made a full use; moreover, because its delayedfluorescence lifetime is short, the energy loss and device lifetimereduction caused by the triplet-triplet quenching can be effectivelyavoided. Selecting the host material whose triplet and singlet energylevels are higher than those of the boron-containing compound caneffectively prevent the reduction in device efficiency caused by theenergy returning. In particular, selecting a host material with asinglet-triplet energy gap of less than 0.2 eV can utilize the reverseintersystem crossing process of the triplet state of the host materialto improve device efficiency. Selecting a dual-subject collocation caneffectively increase the exciton recombination area and increase thecarrier recombination rate, thereby improving the efficiency andlifetime of the device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a device using the compoundof the present invention,

where 1, a transparent substrate layer, 2, an anode layer, 3, a holeinjection layer, 4, a hole transport layer, 5, an electron block layer,6, a light-emitting layer, 7, an electron transport layer/hole blocklayer, 8, an electron injection layer, 9, a cathode electrode layer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The principle and features of the present invention are described belowwith reference to the accompanying drawing. The illustrated embodimentsare only for explaining the present invention, but not intended to limitthe scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an organic light-emittingdiode device with a structure according to the present invention, wherethe transparent substrate layer 1 can be a glass substrate or a plasticsubstrate with good mechanical strength, thermal stability,transparency, surface flatness, ease of handling, and water resistance.

The anode layer 2 can be made of a conductor with a high work function(specifically, 4.0 eV or more) to assist hole injection; the material ofthe anode includes but is not limited to metal, metal oxide, and/orconductive polymer, such as: metal nickel, platinum, vanadium, chromium,copper, zinc, gold or alloy, zinc oxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide(ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), poly (3-methylthiophene), poly(3,4-(extended ethyl-1,2-dioxy) thiophene), polypyrrole and polyaniline.

The cathode reflective electrode layer 9 can be made of a conductor witha low work function (specifically, 3.8 eV or less) to assist electroninjection. The material of the cathode includes but is not limited tometal, metal oxide and/or conductive polymer, such as: magnesium,calcium, sodium, potassium, titanium, indium, aluminum, silver and thelike, LiF/Al, LiF/Ca, LiO₂/Al, BaF₂/Ca;

The hole transport region can be a single-layer structure formed of asingle material, a single-layer structure formed of multiple differentmaterials, or a multilayer structure formed of multiple differentmaterials, for example, the hole transport region may be a single-layerstructure formed of multiple different materials, or may be a structurehaving a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer, a structurehaving a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer or a bufferlayer, a structure having a hole injection layer or a buffer layer, astructure having a hole transport layer or a buffer layer, a structurehaving a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer or an electronblock layer, or a structure having a hole transport layer or an electronblock layer, but the hole transporting region is not limited thereto; inFIG. 1, the hole transport region includes a hole injection layer 3, ahole transport layer 4, a buffer layer (not shown in the drawing) and anelectron block layer 5.

The electron transport region includes one or more of a hole blocklayer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer; forexample, the electron transport region may be a structure having anelectron transport layer or an electron injection layer, a structurehaving a hole block layer or an electron transport layer or an electroninjection layer, but is not limited thereto; in FIG. 1, the electrontransport region includes a hole block/electron transport layer 7 and anelectron injection layer 8.

The light-emitting layer 6 includes a host material and a dopingmaterial. The host material can be composed of a single material or amixture of materials with different structures; the doping material is aboron-containing organic compound with a singlet-triplet energy gap ofnot more than 0.2 eV; the singlet and triplet energy levels of the hostmaterial are higher than those of the doping material.

Preferably, the doping material of the light-emitting layer is aboron-containing organic compound with a singlet-triplet energy gap ofnot more than 0.1 eV; preferable, the triplet energy level in the filmphase state of the host material with the lowest energy is greater thanthe triplet energy level of the doping material by 0.1 eV or more;preferable, the singlet-triplet energy gap in the film phase state ofthe host material with the lowest energy is not more than 0.2 eV.

Preferably, the host material of the light-emitting layer is composed ofa single material, and the mass doping concentration of the dopingmaterial is 3% to 30%;

Preferably, the host material of the light-emitting layer is composed ofa mixture of two materials with different structures, the mass ratio ofthe two materials is 1:10-10:1; and the mass doping concentration of thedoping material is 3% to 30%; preferably, the mass doping concentrationof the doping material in the light-emitting layer is 5% to 15%.

The method for forming each layer of the organic light-emitting diodedevice can use vacuum evaporation, spin coating, drop casting, inkjetprinting, laser printing, or LB film method. When vacuum coating isused, vacuum deposition can be performed at a deposition rate of about0.01 Å/s to 100 Å/s and at a deposition temperature in the range ofabout 100° C. to about 500° C.; when the film is formed by spin coating,spin coating can be performed a spin coating rate in the range of 2000to 5000 rpm and at a temperature in the range of 20° C. to 200° C.

In the organic light-emitting diode device of the present invention, thethickness of each thin film is not limited. Generally speaking, if thefilm is too thin, defects such as pinholes are likely to occur. On thecontrary, if it is too thick, a high applied voltage is required and thelow efficiency will be caused, so the range of 0.1-1000 nm is generallypreferred. The present invention will be further described in detailbelow with reference to examples. For convenience of explanation, theEnglish abbreviations and specific structures of the compounds are shownas follows:

Comparative Example 1: The specific preparation process of the device isas follows:

An ITO anode layer 2 on a transparent glass substrate layer 1 wascleaned ultrasonically with deionized water, acetone and alcoholseparately, each for 15 minutes, and then treated in a plasma cleanerfor 2 minutes; a HAT-CN film with a thickness of 10 nm was formed on theITO anode layer 2 by vapor deposition and this layer functions as a holeinjection layer 3; an NPB film with a thickness of 50 nm was then formedby vapor deposition and this layer functions as a hole transport layer4; a TCTA film with a thickness of 60 nm was formed by vapor depositionand this layer functions as an electron block layer 5; then, alight-emitting layer 6 with a thickness of 40 nm was formed by vapordeposition, wherein, CBP is used as a host material, GD-19 is used as adoping material, and the mass doping concentration is 6%; TPBi with athickness of 35 nm was formed on the light-emitting layer 6 by vacuumvapor deposition, and this organic material layer functions as a holeblock layer/an electron transport layer 7; an electron injection layerLiF with a thickness of 1 nm was formed on the hole block layer or theelectron transport layer 7 by vacuum vapor deposition and this layerfunctions as an electron injection layer 8; and a cathode Al (80 nm) wasformed on the electron injection layer 8 by vacuum vapor deposition andthis layer is a cathode electrode layer 9.

After the fabrication of the organic light-emitting diode device wascompleted according to the above steps, the IVL data and brightnessattenuation lifetime of the device were measured, and the results are asshown in Table 4. Comparative Examples 1 and 2 and Examples 1 to 16performed device fabrication according to the process of ComparativeExample 1, except that the concentration of each functional layermaterial and doping material changed; meanwhile, compared to the bottomlight-emitting device, the top light-emitting device was subjected tocorresponding structural adjustments. The hierarchical structures ofthese devices are shown in Table 3. H6 has a singlet energy level of 3.0eV and a triplet energy level of 2.8 eV; H58 has a singlet energy levelof 2.90 eV and a triplet energy level of 2.78 eV; H91 has a singletenergy level of 3.3 eV and a triplet energy level of 2.85 eV; H98 has asinglet energy level of 3.20 eV and a triplet energy level of 2.88 eV.The test results of the fabricated OLED device are shown in Table 4.

TABLE 3 Hole Hole Electron Light- Hole Electron injection transportblock emitting block injection No. Substrate Anode layer layer layerlayer layer layer Cathode Comparative Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTACBP:GD-19 = TPBi LiF Al Example 1 (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 100:6 (40 nm)(35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Comparative Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA CBP:TADF-1= TPBi LiF Al Example 2 (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 100:6 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1nm) (80 nm) Example 1 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA CBP:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al(10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 100:6 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 2Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA CBP:B-10 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm)100:6 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 3 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTAH6:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 100:6 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1nm) (80 nm) Example 4 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H58:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al(10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 100:6 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 5Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H6:H91:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60nm) 50:50:6 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 6 Glass ITO HAT-CNNPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:6 (40nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 7 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTAH58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm) (35nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 8 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1 =TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:18 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80nm) Example 9 Glass ITO HI-11 NPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm)(50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 10 GlassITO HAT-CN HT-18 TCTA H58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm)50:50:12 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 11 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPBHT-22 H58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm)(35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 12 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1= ET-23 LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm)(80 nm) Embodiment 13 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1 = TPBiLi₂CO₃ Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80nm) Example 14 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Mg:Ag =(10 nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) 9:1 (10 nm)Example 15 Polyimide ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10nm) (50 nm) (60 nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 16Glass IGZO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H58:H98:B-1 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (60nm) 50:50:12 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm)

TABLE 4 External Spectral Maximum quantum FWHM of external LT90 Code ofefficiency device Color quantum lifetime device (10 Ma/cm²) (nm)coordinate efficiency (h) Comparative 0.06 70 0.32, 0.63 0.08 100Example 1 Comparative 0.12 110 0.31, 0.59 0.20 50 Example 2 Example 10.20 60 0.29, 0.63 0.24 110 Example 2 0.21 55 0.27, 0.64 0.25 125Example 3 0.21 58 0.29, 0.63 0.25 130 Example 4 0.22 59 0.28, 0.64 0.25140 Example 5 0.22 61 0.27, 0.64 0.28 170 Example 6 0.22 59 0.27, 0.640.28 190 Example 7 0.25 60 0.28, 0.64 0.29 200 Example 8 0.17 59 0.27,0.64 0.25 170 Example 9 0.24 60 0.27, 0.63 0.29 190 Example 10 0.23 580.28, 0.64 0.28 192 Example 11 0.23 61 0.27, 0.64 0.29 188 Example 120.25 59 0.27, 0.63 0.29 195 Example 13 0.25 61 0.27, 0.64 0.29 205Example 14 0.25 50 0.26, 0.63 0.28 198 Example 15 0.24 59 0.27, 0.630.29 208 Example 16 0.25 59 0.28, 0.64 0.28 208

From the above device data, it can be seen that the boron-containingcompound can make full use of triplet energy compared to traditionalfluorescent materials, thereby greatly improving device efficiency.Compared with the known TADF green light materials, the spectral FWHM ofthe boron-containing compound is significantly reduced, and its colorpurity is significantly improved; the device efficiency roll-offphenomenon is significantly suppressed, and the device lifetime issignificantly improved. By using the above single-body or dual-bodymatching materials, the device efficiency is significantly improvedcompared to that of the traditional host material CBP, because thetriplet energy level of the CBP material is lower, and the tripletenergy of the guest material may return to the host material, resultingin the reduction of device efficiency; while the dual body has anincreased carrier recombination area relative to the single body, andmoreover it can dilute the exciton, so the efficiency and lifetime ofthe device are improved. By further adjustment of the guest dopingconcentration, it can be found that the optimal doping mass ratio of theguest doping is about 12%, because the doping concentration is low andthe energy transfer of the host and guest materials is insufficient; ifthe doping concentration is too high, it is easy to causetriplet-triplet quenching, thus reducing the efficiency and lifetime ofthe device. Furthermore, by adjusting other functional layer materials,the efficiency, color purity, and spectral FWHM of the device are notsignificantly different, but a large difference in device lifetimeoccurs, which is mainly caused by the inconsistency of the stability ofother functional layer materials.

The hierarchical structures of Comparative Example 3, ComparativeExample 4, and Examples 17 to 32 are shown in Table 5. H9 has a singletenergy level of substituted or unsubstituted 3.08 eV and a tripletenergy level of 2.88 eV; H54 has a singlet energy level of 3.04 eV and atriplet energy level of 2.89 eV; H93 has a singlet energy level of 3.38eV and a triplet energy level of 2.92 eV; H101 has a singlet energylevel of 3.35 eV and a triplet energy level of 2.95 eV The test resultsof the fabricated OLED device are shown in Table 6.

TABLE 5 Hole Hole Electron Light- Hole Electron injection transportblock emitting block injection No. Substrate Anode layer layer layerlayer layer layer Cathode Comparative Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTAmCBP:DSA-Ph = TPBi LiF Al Example 3 (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 100:4 (25nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Comparative Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTAmCBP:TADF-2 = TPBi LiF Al Example 4 (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (25nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 17 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTAmCBP:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (25 nm) (35 nm)(1 nm) (80 nm) Example 18 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA mCBP:B-20 = TPBi LiFAl (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example19 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H9: B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20nm) 100:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 20 Glass ITO HAT-CNNPB TCTA H54:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (25 nm)(35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 21 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H9:H93:B-15= TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm)(80 nm) Example 22 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al(10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example23 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm)(20 nm) 50:50:6 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 24 Glass ITOHAT-CN NPB TCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm)50:50:17 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 25 Glass ITO HI-8 NPBTCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 26 Glass ITO HAT-CN HT-16 TCTAH54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25 nm) (35nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 27 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB HT-24 H54:H101:B-15 =TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80nm) Example 28 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H54:H101:B-15 = ET-21 LiF Al(10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example29 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi CaC₂O₄ Al (10 nm) (50nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 30 Glass ITOHAT-CN NPB TCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Mg:Ag = (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm)50:50:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) 9:1 (10 nm) Example 31 Polyethylene ITOHAT-CN NPB TCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm)50:50:10 (25 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 32 Glass IGZO HAT-CN NPBTCTA H54:H101:B-15 = TPBi LiF Al (10 nm) (50 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (25nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm)

TABLE 6 External Spectral Maximum quantum FWHM of external LT90 Code ofefficiency device Color quantum lifetime device (10 Ma/cm²) (nm)coordinate efficiency (h) Comparative 0.03 80 0.18, 0.31 0.05 30 Example3 Comparative 0.06 100 0.16, 0.24 0.18 20 Example 4 Example 17 0.11 600.14, 0.16 0.20 30 Example 18 0.10 63 0.13, 0.20 0.20 32 Example 19 0.1359 0.14, 0.17 0.21 40 Example 20 0.12 62 0.13, 0.15 0.20 42 Example 210.15 59 0.14, 0.16 0.22 52 Example 22 0.16 61 0.13, 0.16 0.22 50 Example23 0.11 60 0.14, 0.17 0.20 53 Example 24 0.10 59 0.13, 0.15 0.20 49Example 25 0.15 60 0.14, 0.17 0.22 51 Example 26 0.16 58 0.13, 0.15 0.2248 Example 27 0.15 61 0.14, 0.17 0.22 47 Example 28 0.14 59 0.14, 0.170.21 52 Example 29 0.15 51 0.13, 0.15 0.21 50 Example 30 0.16 60 0.14,0.17 0.22 45 Example 31 0.14 59 0.13, 0.15 0.21 51 Example 32 0.15 590.14, 0.16 0.21 50

From the above device data, it can be seen that the boron-containingcompound can make full use of triplet energy compared to traditionalfluorescent materials, thereby greatly improving device efficiency.Compared with the known TADF blue light materials, the spectral FWHM ofthe boron-containing compound is significantly reduced, and its colorpurity is significantly improved; the device efficiency roll-offphenomenon is significantly suppressed, and the device lifetime issignificantly improved. By using the above single-body or dual-bodymatching materials, the device efficiency is significantly improvedcompared to that of the traditional host material mCBP; while the dualbody has an increased carrier recombination area relative to the singlebody, and moreover it can dilute the exciton, so the efficiency andlifetime of the device are improved. By further adjustment of the guestdoping concentration, it can be found that the optimal doping mass ratioof the guest doping is about 10%, because the doping concentration islow and the energy transfer of the host and guest materials isinsufficient; if the doping concentration is too high, it is easy tocause triplet-triplet quenching, thus reducing the efficiency andlifetime of the device. Furthermore, by adjusting other functional layermaterials, the efficiency, color purity, and spectral FWHM of the deviceare not significantly different, but a large difference in devicelifetime occurs, which is mainly caused by the inconsistency of thestability of other functional layer materials.

The hierarchical structures of Comparative Example 5, ComparativeExample 6, and Examples 33 to 48 are shown in Table 7. H7 has a singletenergy level of 2.62 eV and a triplet energy level of 2.48 eV; H67 has asinglet energy level of 2.68 eV and a triplet energy level of 2.48 eV;H100 has a singlet energy level of 3.0 eV and a triplet energy level of2.72 eV; H102 has a singlet energy level of 3.10 eV and a triplet energylevel of 2.75 eV. The test results of the fabricated OLED device areshown in Table 8.

TABLE 7 Hole Hole Electron Light- Hole Electron injection transportblock emitting block injection No. Substrate Anode layer layer layerlayer layer layer Cathode Comparative Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTACBP:DCJTB = TPBi LiF Al Example 5 (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 100:3 (40 nm)(35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Comparative Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA CBP:TADF-3= TPBi LiF Al Example 6 (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (40 nm) (35 nm)(1 nm) (80 nm) Example 33 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA CBP:B-34 = TPBi LiFAl (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm)Example 34 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA CBP:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 35 Glass ITOHAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 100:10(40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 36 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTAH67:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 100:10 (40 nm) (35 nm)(1 nm) (80 nm) Example 37 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBiLiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm)Example 38 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H67:H102:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm)(140 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 39Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm)(20 nm) 50:50:6 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 40 Glass ITOHAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm)50:50:18 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 41 Glass ITO HI-8 NPBTCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (40nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 42 Glass ITO HAT-CN HT-16 TCTAH7:H100:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (40 nm) (35nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 43 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB HT-24 H7:H100:B-40 =TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80nm) Example 44 Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:H100:B-40 = ET-21 LiF Al (30nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 45Glass ITO HAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBi CaC₂O₄ Al (30 nm) (140 nm)(20 nm) 50:50:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 46 Glass ITOHAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBi LiF Mg:Ag = (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm)50:50:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) 9:1 (10 nm) Example 47 Polyethylene ITOHAT-CN NPB TCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm)50:50:10 (40 nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm) Example 48 Glass IGZO HAT-CN NPBTCTA H7:H100:B-40 = TPBi LiF Al (30 nm) (140 nm) (20 nm) 50:50:10 (40nm) (35 nm) (1 nm) (80 nm)

TABLE 8 External Spectral Maximum quantum FWHM of external LT90 Code ofefficiency device Color quantum lifetime device (10 Ma/cm²) (nm)coordinate efficiency (h) Comparative 0.03 73 0.67, 0.32 0.05 150Example 5 Comparative 0.07 102 0.43, 0.51 0.18 50 Example 6 Example 330.11 62 0.66, 0.33 0.18 100 Example 34 0.13 55 0.65, 0.34 0.20 130Example 35 0.13 56 0.66, 0.34 0.22 150 Example 36 0.14 57 0.66, 0.330.22 160 Example 37 0.15 55 0.66, 0.33 0.22 200 Example 38 0.17 56 0.65,0.34 0.23 210 Example 39 0.12 56 0.66, 0.34 0.20 180 Example 40 0.11 570.66, 0.33 0.20 160 Example 41 0.17 56 0.66, 0.33 0.22 220 Example 420.17 57 0.65, 0.34 0.22 210 Example 43 0.16 55 0.66, 0.33 0.22 200Example 44 0.17 56 0.65, 0.34 0.22 205 Example 45 0.17 56 0.66, 0.330.22 206 Example 46 0.17 57 0.65, 0.34 0.22 211 Example 47 0.16 55 0.66,0.33 0.22 214 Example 48 0.17 56 0.65, 0.34 0.23 203

From the above device data, it can be seen that the boron-containingcompound can make full use of triplet energy compared to traditionalfluorescent materials, thereby greatly improving device efficiency.Compared with the known TADF red light materials, the spectral FWHM ofthe boron-containing compound is significantly reduced, and its colorpurity is significantly improved; the device efficiency roll-offphenomenon is significantly suppressed, and the device lifetime issignificantly improved. By using the above single-body or dual-bodymatching materials, the device efficiency is significantly improvedcompared to that of the traditional host material CBP; while the dualbody has an increased carrier recombination area relative to the singlebody, and moreover it can dilute the exciton, so the efficiency andlifetime of the device are improved. By further adjustment of the guestdoping concentration, it can be found that the optimal doping mass ratioof the guest doping is about 10%, because the doping concentration islow and the energy transfer of the host and guest materials isinsufficient; if the doping concentration is too high, it is easy tocause triplet-triplet quenching, thus reducing the efficiency andlifetime of the device. Furthermore, by adjusting other functional layermaterials, the efficiency, color purity, and spectral FWHM of the deviceare not significantly different, but a large difference in devicelifetime occurs, which is mainly caused by the inconsistency of thestability of other functional layer materials.

What is claimed is:
 1. An organic light-emitting diode device,comprising a substrate layer, an anode layer, a light-emitting layer anda cathode layer, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a hostmaterial and a doping material; the doping material is aboron-containing organic compound with a singlet-triplet energy gap ofnot more than 0.2 eV and a spectral full width at half maximum of notmore than 120 nm; meanwhile, singlet and triplet energy levels of thehost material are both higher than singlet and triplet energy levels ofthe doping material; an energy gap between a lowest singlet energy leveland a lowest triplet energy level of the host material is less than orequal to 0.2 eV; the lowest triplet energy level of the host material isgreater than or equal to a lowest singlet energy level of the dopingmaterial.
 2. The organic light-emitting diode device according to claim1, wherein the singlet-triplet energy gap of the boron-containingorganic compound is not greater than 0.1 eV.
 3. The organiclight-emitting diode device according to claim 1, wherein a tripletenergy level in a film phase state of the host material with a lowestenergy is greater than a triplet energy level of the doping material by0.1 eV or more.
 4. The organic_light-emitting diode device according toclaim 1, wherein a singlet-triplet energy gap in a film phase state ofthe host material with a lowest energy is not more than 0.15 eV.
 5. Theorganic light-emitting diode device according to claim 1, wherein thehost material of the light-emitting layer is composed of a singlematerial, and the doping material of the light-emitting layer has a massdoping concentration of 0.5% to 30%.
 6. The organic light-emitting diodedevice according to claim 1, wherein the host material of thelight-emitting layer is composed of a mixture of two materials withdifferent structures, and the doping material of the light-emittinglayer has a mass doping concentration of 0.5% to 30%.
 7. (canceled) 8.The organic light-emitting diode device according to claim 1, whereinthe boron-containing organic compound takes a boron element as a core tobond with other groups by way of sp2 hybrid orbital; the other groupsconnected to boron are hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstitutedcycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedheterocycloalkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedaryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstitutedheteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; and the other groups_connected toboron are connected individually, or are directly bonded to each otherto form a ring or connected through more groups to form a ring beforebeing connected to boron.
 9. The organic light-emitting diode deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein in the boron-containing organic compound,a group connected to boron is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl,substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl, substituted or unsubstitutedterphenyl, substituted or unsubstituted pyrimidinyl, substituted orunsubstituted pyridyl, substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl,substituted or unsubstituted anthryl, substituted or unsubstitutedphenanthrenyl, substituted or unsubstituted triazinyl, substituted orunsubstituted quinolinyl, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl,substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothienyl, substituted orunsubstituted 9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted9,9-diphenylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl,substituted or unsubstituted benzocarbazolyl, substituted orunsubstituted thienyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzothienyl,substituted or unsubstituted furanyl, substituted or unsubstitutedbenzofuranyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzimidazolyl, substitutedor unsubstituted acridinyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazinyl,or substituted or unsubstituted phenothiazinyl; and groups connected toboron are connected individually, or are directly bonded to each otherto form a ring or connected through more groups to form a ring beforebeing connected to boron.
 10. The organic light-emitting diode deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein the boron-containing organic compound isrepresented by formula (1):

wherein R₁, R₂, and R₃ independently represent hydrogen atom,substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom.
 11. Theorganic light-emitting diode device according to claim 1, wherein theboron-containing organic compound is represented by formula (2):

wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, A₁ and A₂ independently represent hydrogen atom,substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom; in formula(2), n is equal to 0 or 1; when n is equal to 0, R₂ and R₃ are bonded toeach other to form a ring; when n is equal to 1, R₄ independentlyrepresents oxygen atom, sulfur atom, boron atom substituted by alkyl oraryl, alkylene substituted by linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted by alkyl,imino substituted by aryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylene with 6to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene with 5to 60 carbon atoms.
 12. The organic light-emitting diode deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein the boron-containing organic compound isrepresented by formula (3):

wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, A₁, A₂, and A₃ independently represent hydrogenatom, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom; in formula(3), X and Y are independently equal to 0 or 1; when X and Y areindependently equal to 0, R₂ and R₃ are bonded to each other to form aring, and R₁ and R₃ are bonded to each other to form a ring; when X andY are independently equal to 1, R₄ and R₅ independently represent oxygenatom, sulfur atom, boron atom substituted by alkyl or aryl, alkylenesubstituted by linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted by alkyl, iminosubstituted by aryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylene with 6 to 60carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene with 5 to 60carbon atoms.
 13. The organic light-emitting diode device according toclaim 1, wherein the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (4):

wherein R₁, R₂, R₃, A₁, A₂, and A₃ independently represent hydrogenatom, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms,substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, orsubstituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; andR₁, R₂, and R₃ do not simultaneously represent hydrogen atom; in formula(4), X, Y and Z are independently equal to 0 or 1; when X, Y and Z areindependently equal to 0, R₂ and R₃ are bonded to each other to form aring, R₁ and R₃ are bonded to each other to form a ring, and R₁ and R₂are bonded to each other to form a ring; when X, Y and Z areindependently equal to 1, R₄, R₅ and R₆ independently represent oxygenatom, sulfur atom, boron atom substituted by alkyl or aryl, alkylenesubstituted by linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted by alkyl, iminosubstituted by aryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylene with 6 to 60carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene with 5 to 60carbon atoms.
 14. The organic light-emitting diode device according toclaim 1, wherein the boron-containing organic compound is represented byformula (5):

wherein Ar₁, A1, and A2 independently represent substituted orunsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 2 to 60 carbon atoms; R₄ and R₅independently represent hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstitutedcycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedheterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedaryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstitutedheteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; and R₄ and R₅ do notsimultaneously represent hydrogen atom.
 15. The organic light-emittingdiode device according to claim 1, wherein the boron-containing organiccompound is represented by formula (6):

wherein Ar₂, A3, and A4 independently represent substituted orunsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; R₆ and R₇independently represent hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstitutedcycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedheterocycloalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstitutedaryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstitutedheteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; and R₆ and R₇ do notsimultaneously represent hydrogen atom; X represents oxygen atom, sulfuratom, boron atom substituted by alkyl or aryl, alkylene substituted bylinear alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by branchedalkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, iminosubstituted by alkyl, or imino substituted by aryl.
 16. The organiclight-emitting diode device according to claim 14, wherein Ar₁, Ar₂, A1,A2, A3, and A4 independently represent substituted or unsubstitutedphenyl, substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl, substituted orunsubstituted terphenyl, substituted or unsubstituted pyrimidine,substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl, substituted or unsubstitutednaphthyl, substituted or unsubstituted anthryl, substituted orunsubstituted phenanthryl, substituted or unsubstituted triazinyl,substituted or unsubstituted quinolinyl, substituted or unsubstituteddibenzofuranyl, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothienyl, substitutedor unsubstituted 9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted9,9-diphenyl Fluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl,substituted or unsubstituted benzocarbazolyl, substituted orunsubstituted thienyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzothienyl,substituted or unsubstituted furanyl, substituted or unsubstitutedbenzofuranyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzimidazolyl, substitutedor unsubstituted acridinyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazinyl,or substituted or unsubstituted phenothiazinyl.
 17. The organiclight-emitting diode device according to claim 14, wherein R₄, R₅, R₆and R₇ are independently represented by formula (7), (8) or (9):

wherein R₁′ and R₂′ independently represents hydrogen atom or astructure of formula (10);

in formula (10), a is

X₁, X₂, and X₃ independently represent oxygen atom, sulfur atom,selenium atom, alkylene substituted by linear or branched alkyl with 1to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted byalkyl, or imino substituted by aryl; formula (10) is connected toformula (7) or formula (8) through CL₁-CL₂ bond, CL₂-CL₃ bond, orCL₃-CL₄ bond; R₃′ and R₄′ independently represent hydrogen atom,cycloalkyl or heteroalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted orunsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl, substitutedor unsubstituted pyrimidinyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl,substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl, substituted orunsubstituted 9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituteddibenzothienyl, substituted or unsubstituted N-phenylcarbazolyl, orsubstituted or unsubstituted arylamino; Y represents oxygen atom, sulfuratom, alkylene substituted by linear alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,alkylene substituted by branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted by alkyl, or iminosubstituted by aryl.
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 20. (canceled) 21.The organic light-emitting diode device according to claim 1, whereinthe organic light-emitting diode device further comprises a holeinjection/transport layer, wherein the hole injection/transport layercomprises one or more of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer,a buffer layer, and an electron block layer; and a material of the holeinjection layer is represented by the following structural formula (1b),(2b) or (3b):

wherein, in formula (2b), Er₁ to Er₃ independently represent substitutedor unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms; Er₁ to Er₃ areidentical or different; wherein, in formula (1b) and formula (3b), Fr₁to Fr₆ independently represent hydrogen atom, nitrile group, halogen,amide group, alkoxy, ester group, nitro group, carbon atom substitutedby linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 60 carbon atoms, substituted orunsubstituted aryl with 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or substituted orunsubstituted heteroaryl with 5 to 60 carbon atoms.
 22. The organiclight-emitting diode device according to claim 1, wherein the organiclight-emitting diode device further comprises a hole injection/transportlayer, wherein the hole injection/transport layer comprises one or moreof a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a buffer layer, andan electron block layer; and a material of the hole transport layer isone of carbazole, fluorene, pyrazoline, furan, thiophene, xanthene,dimethylanthracene, and triarylamine compounds.
 23. (canceled)
 24. Theorganic light-emitting diode device according to claim 1, wherein theorganic light-emitting diode device further comprises an electroninjection/transport layer, wherein the electron injection/transportlayer comprises one or more of an electron injection layer, an electrontransport layer, and a hole block layer; and a material of the electroninjection layer is a compound containing lithium or cesium.
 25. Theorganic light-emitting diode device according to claim 1, wherein theorganic light-emitting diode device further comprises an electroninjection/transport layer, wherein the electron injection/transportlayer comprises one or more of an electron injection layer, an electrontransport layer, and a hole block layer; and a material of the electrontransport layer is one of pyrimidines, pyridines, naphthalenes,anthracenes, phenanthrenes, triazines, quinolines, dibenzofurans,dibenzothiophenes, fluorenes, spirofluorenes, benzothiophenes,benzofurans, and benzimidazolyl compounds. 26-30. (canceled)
 31. Theorganic light-emitting diode device according to claim 15, wherein Ar₁,Ar₂, A1, A2, A3, and A4 independently represent substituted orunsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl, substitutedor unsubstituted terphenyl, substituted or unsubstituted pyrimidine,substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl, substituted or unsubstitutednaphthyl, substituted or unsubstituted anthryl, substituted orunsubstituted phenanthryl, substituted or unsubstituted triazinyl,substituted or unsubstituted quinolinyl, substituted or unsubstituteddibenzofuranyl, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothienyl, substitutedor unsubstituted 9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted9,9-diphenyl Fluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl,substituted or unsubstituted benzocarbazolyl, substituted orunsubstituted thienyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzothienyl,substituted or unsubstituted furanyl, substituted or unsubstitutedbenzofuranyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzimidazolyl, substitutedor unsubstituted acridinyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazinyl,or substituted or unsubstituted phenothiazinyl.
 32. The organiclight-emitting diode device according to claim 15, wherein R₄, R₅, R₆and R₇ are independently represented by formula (7), (8) or (9):

wherein R₁′ and R₂′ independently represents hydrogen atom or astructure of formula (10);

in formula (10), a is

X₁, X₂, and X₃ independently represent oxygen atom, sulfur atom,selenium atom, alkylene substituted by linear or branched alkyl with 1to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted byalkyl, or imino substituted by aryl; formula (10) is connected toformula (7) or formula (8) through CL₁-CL₂ bond, CL₂-CL₃ bond, orCL₃-CL₄ bond; R₃ ^(′) and R₄ ^(′) independently represent hydrogen atom,cycloalkyl or heteroalkyl with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted orunsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl, substitutedor unsubstituted pyrimidinyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl,substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl, substituted orunsubstituted 9,9-dimethylfluorenyl, substituted or unsubstituteddibenzothienyl, substituted or unsubstituted N-phenylcarbazolyl, orsubstituted or unsubstituted arylamino; Y represents oxygen atom, sulfuratom, alkylene substituted by linear alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,alkylene substituted by branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms,alkylene substituted by aryl, imino substituted by alkyl, or iminosubstituted by aryl.